Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts

| go-to makeup |

I've been pretty loyal to my go-to makeup regiment for years now: below are my go-to's I wear daily to work.  If I'm not working I'm lathering on SPF moisturizer, curling my lashes, and slapping on lip-gloss.  I love letting my skin have a few days off; it gets quite temperamental and likes when it gets the chance to breathe.
I am obsessed with all my 'essentials'.  I don't wear a full on foundation: my skin can't handle it.  I spot check with the Balm concealer and power with Covergirl.  I always load on the bronzer and then apply Orgasm by Nars lightly on top then highlight on my cheek bones and bridge of my nose.  I have no idea what I would do if I never discovered the Balm mary lou-manizer; it just makes me feel fresh.  I have always been a two kind of mascara girl- I really like the mascara's maybelline makes; I curl my lashes before and after the mascara goes on.  I fill in my brows and try to make them a little thicker than they already are.  I swipe a tiny bit of eyeliner on and finish with MAC by Angel.  I've never been a lipstick girl but this color is a total game changer....I sound like that whole voiceover in American Psycho and his regiment; if you don't know it...you should look it up.

shop my makeup must haves: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 (old, similar)

FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT.

I've got to say, working a full time job definitely effects my summer glow.  I'm finally coming to terms that I might actually finish summer tan less.   My dermatologist might love this news but to me, it's heartbreaking.  Below are some great "tools" to fake it til you make it. Enjoy!


2. My personal FAV! The Balm
4. Great Buy Physicians Formula
5. Nars
6. The perfect applicator Tom Ford
7. Great for traveling Tan Towels
9. Everyday gradual tan Jergens

i love collaborations

 especially with MAC: keep your eyes open for new collections, coming soon!
Alice + Olive (plus) MAC

Apple (plus) MAC

wait: where did my eyelashes go?

i think i have solved the mini mystery in my "lack of eyelashes on my right eye" problemo.  when I'm reading, watching tv, taking a bath, //anything, i pick at my lashes to get my mascara off.  FAIL.  my poor right eye only has lashes on the outside!  i was first pretty convinced that i singed them off while trying to figure out why my darn stove wasn't igniting the other night; UNTIL, i was watching Bravo and BAM...there I was picking away.  BUT i'm a problem solver and have always been obsessed with fake lashes (AND the beauty sections at, but not limited to: Target, RiteAid, Ulta, Nordstrom, Sephora...).  so why not indulge in the extra beauty regiment until these suckers decide to grow back grace with their presence once again?

Rite Aid had a sale going on!  Score!  Fashion Lashes are my fav natural choice...even over MAC or Sephora brands.
scouring the isle's of ULTA with my friend Abbi....MUST find more lashes!

fall make-up essentials.


EYES:
Benefit, "They're real" mascara
Boobby Brown, liquid eyeliner in a pot
Lancome, Le Crayon brow pencil
Cover Girl, Liqiuiline
LIPS:
Nars, "Vesuvio"
Rosebud lip balm
CHEEKS / HIGHLIGHTER:
The Balm, "Frat Boy"
Benefit, "Watt's Up"
SHADOWS:
Laura Merier, "Coffee ground"
Dior, "Mitzah Panther" pack